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Lawyers Seek New Trial Over Philadelphia Juror's Recreational Reading
Jurors in lengthy trials often tote books to court each day to beat the boredom during breaks and down time, but revelations about one Philadelphia juror reading "A Civil Action" prompted a team of lawyers to demand a new trial. The juror allegedly commented to the judge during the trial that the litigation in the book was "just like this case" -- referring to the environmental cleanup case the juror was serving on.Investors stuck on losing end when capital is raised
Financial company shareholders must feel like second-class citizens now, given how they are being treated as some banks raise capital.It's bad enough that investors in National City Corp. and Washington Mutual Inc. have seen their stock holdings plunge in value and dividends crimped because of the huge losses caused by the housing slump and credit crisis.Government Can Withhold Sept. 11 Detainee Names Until After Appeal
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the Bush administration does not have to immediately reveal the names of those detained in the investigation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler in Washington, D.C., issued a stay of her Aug. 2 order, which had given the Justice Department 15 days to release the names, in order to give government lawyers more time to appeal.Patent Pilot Program Ready for Takeoff in New York
Marla R. Butler, a partner at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, and Mathew J. Yang, an associate with the firm, explore how the Southern and Eastern districts' participation in the congressionally-mandated Patent Pilot Program might affect the speed, quality, cost, efficiency and frequency of patent litigation in these courts. While patent litigation in New York is not likely to spark the growth of the cottage industry that has developed in East Texas, some positive changes are likely to result.View more book results for the query "*"
In The Trenches: Knowles leaving K&S to return to Glaxo
SHERRY M. KNOWLES is leaving King Spalding, where she is a partner, for GlaxoSmithKline, where she will become the global head of intellectual property and a senior vice president in September. She replaces David Roberts, who is retiring.Knowles will have offices in Philadelphia and London but will continue to reside in Atlanta.US airlines curbed delays at peak of summer
U.S. airlines curbed long delays in July and improved their overall on-time rates compared with both a month and year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Monday.Majority of med mal suits bomb in seven states
The majority of medical malpractice claims in seven states were dismissed without any compensation to the claimants, according to a new Bureau of Justice Statistics study.Cyberattack Case Could Test Limits on Electronic Searches
The high-profile prosecution of 14 people accused in a cyberattack on PayPal has ground to a standstill over the handling of computers seized in the investigation. The question of how to segregate and purge extraneous material could derail the case and test the limits judges place on electronic searches.Trending Stories
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